Where anyone, in order to catch wild beasts, digs pits in his fields or vineyards, or sets snares, or fixes bows and ballistas in retired or deserted places, remote from any highway, which are not often visited by man, and where cattle have not easy access, and an animal belonging to any person should be injured or killed by the contrivances placed for wild beasts, as aforesaid, the negligent hunter, through whose act the animal was killed, shall pay the value of the same to the owner, because he did not use a proper degree of care. Said hunter should previously give notice to all the neighbors; and if, after such notification, anyone is injured by the traps aforesaid, he who set them shall not be liable, because the party injured subjected himself to danger, in disregard of the warning he had received. If, however, anyone coming from a distance, and who had not been previously notified, should ignorantly fall into any of said snares, and should be injured or killed thereby, he who set said snares or traps for wild beasts shall pay the third part of the compensation prescribed by law, for persons injured or killed; for the reason that men, while on a journey, should not, without their knowledge, be exposed to such dangers. =ANCIENT LAW.= =XXIV. Concerning Injuries Resulting from the Obstruction of Highways.= Where a public highway is obstructed, no one shall be legally liable who breaks down a fence, or a wall, crossing or enclosing it. And he who encloses or obstructs a public highway, shall be conducted by order of the judge to the fence or wall traversing it, shall there receive a hundred lashes, and be compelled to remove said obstruction, and restore the highway to its former condition, even though there should be a growing crop upon the same. If, however, the act should have been committed by a person of great power and exalted rank, he shall be required to pay twenty _solidi_. Other persons guilty of such an offence shall each be compelled to pay ten _solidi_, and all sums, obtained in this manner, shall go to the benefit of the public treasury. =ANCIENT LAW.= =XXV. Of the Space that is to be Preserved along Public Highways.= No one shall rashly violate our laws by enclosing a highway leading to any of our cities or provinces, but a full half _arepennis_ shall be left on each side of the same; in order that sufficient space may be available for all travellers.[43] Any person of rank who violates this law, shall be fined fifteen _solidi_. Persons of inferior station shall be fined eight _solidi_ for the benefit of the public treasury. Whoever has a field of grain, a vineyard, or a meadow, along a highway of this description, may enclose the same with a fence or hedge; and, should he be too poor to do so, he shall have the right to protect his field by a ditch. =ANCIENT LAW.=